philly rabbit
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The north required the south while the south did not require the north back in the day. Lincoln knew he cound not enrich his cronies with public works scams withno south so he was perfectly willing to go scortched earth and in fact HAD to conquor instead of negotiate to further his political corruption. Nobody ever seems to question how it was that the rest of the known world shuttered slavery virtually blood free while we took a very different and needless path.
Lincoln should have never been underestimated. Lincoln was a very hard working self made man who rose from a humble background to become a successful lawyer and a lobbyist for the railroads.